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Chapter 1268 Gold Mine Development in North America

"The East India Expeditionary Force has arrived in the Bay of Bengal waters according to the time. We need to organize a batch of materials to be transported there to prevent them from falling into a situation of insufficient materials."

"Also, the time agreed with the North American expedition team is almost here. According to the agreement, our military department will send another fleet to pick them up three years after they establish a stronghold in North America. Those who are willing to return can return to the mainland by boat to obtain Subsidies, people who want to stay there can also stay there.”

"Why does our military have jurisdiction over the affairs of the North American expedition?"

"The ships sent by the North American expedition are spare ships of the Ministry of the Navy. The main personnel are officers and soldiers of the standing army. Of course, they are under the management of our military department. I don't know whether the North American expedition team has successfully completed the task of establishing a stronghold and searching for gold mines."

"The report submitted by the Oceania expedition team reported that they had a ship that went to explore New Zealand a long time ago, but that ship seems to have disappeared. Is there still no news this year?"

"There is no news about them yet. It is suspected that they died in the South Pacific. The island of New Zealand is four thousand miles away from Tianji City. There is a great possibility of encountering a storm in the South Pacific halfway."

People in the logistics department of the military are busy counting the supplies shipped to various places.

The military department is independent from the six departments and has its own set of management systems. All military assets and officers and soldiers are managed by the military department in order to maximize the efficiency of the army.

Although the Kyushu Army has no major battles at present, there are more and more small-scale dispatched troops, and the distance is getting farther and farther.

The Far West Expeditionary Force, the East India Expeditionary Force, the North American Expedition Team, and the Oceania Expeditionary Team need to transport materials from the mainland every year or every few years to resupply the Expeditionary Forces and Expeditionary Teams abroad.

In order to maintain the supplies of these personnel, a lot of expenditure was consumed.However, the military is also trying to get rewards, and the gold mines in North America and Oceania are expected to be high.

On the banks of the American River in the upper reaches of Jinshan Township in North America, miners built many water channels with baffles at the bottom to allow gravel to flow through, and used the principle of different densities of placer gold and gravel to pan for gold in nearby streams.There are also natives who pan for gold directly with sieves.

Soldiers with muskets were watching on the banks of the river.

The gold they find needs to be handed over to the soldiers for unified counting. They can exchange the gold they find for food and some daily necessities.

Many wooden houses have been built in the mining area as residences for supervisors and miners, and there are simple wooden fences at the entrance of the mining area to check whether the supervisors and miners entering and leaving the mining area have private gold deposits.

"We have collected a lot of valuable gold. Although it is far from covering the cost of the military's funding for our voyage, we have obviously only collected a small part of it, and there is still a large amount of gold that has not been mined. Come out. After the mining volume increases every year, it should be able to make up for the cost of the expedition. It seems that some specific economic crops can be produced here, which will be shipped back to the mainland in the future.”

Cao Bianjiao, the captain of the North American expedition, personally sat in the gold mining area and supervised the soldiers and miners here.

Gold mines are very valuable. Perhaps the natives living in the American River did not know what gold meant in a developed civilization, but the soldiers and geologists from China who were the supervisors knew.Although this mining area is classified as an asset of the military, it is inevitable that some people will have selfish intentions and want to bring the gold here back to the mainland.

Jinshan Town, the first stronghold in North America, is basically still in the era of barter due to lack of supplies, and gold does not work here.However, it does not mean that gold is useless in Jinshan Town.In the future, more miners and residents will come to make a living, and currency circulation will happen sooner or later.

Only relying on people's self-awareness can't put an end to the phenomenon of privately hoarding gold placer, and strict management must be carried out.

Li Yizhu came to Cao Bianjiao with two giant Caucasian dogs.Two giant Caucasian dogs stood up almost as tall as her. This kind of giant dog was terrifying in size and often played a very good role in hunting.

"You went to the mountains to collect plant samples again? There are many indigenous tribes that we don't know exist in the American River Basin. If they are attacked by the other party, it will be bad." Cao Bianjiao saw Li Yizhu coming back, his face became pale It softened a bit.

"It's okay, Xiao Hei and Xiao Hui are protecting me, and I still have a musket." Li Yizhu still held a musket in his hand.

Almost none of the women of their expedition team wore long skirts.In the relatively wild North America, wearing a skirt is a joke about your own life. Whether it is an aborigine or a beast that actively attacks them, the long skirt will become an obstacle when moving or escaping.In place of skirts were military trousers.

Despite graduating from an agricultural college, Li Yizhu has adapted to life in North America, sometimes taking two Caucasian giant dogs to the mountains to search for medicinal herbs and local plant samples.

"It's easy to hide with an open gun, but it's hard to defend against a hidden arrow. We must remain vigilant at all times. Have you forgotten that when our team first came to search for gold mines, we were almost wiped out by the natives here?" Cao Bianjiao said.

"Many tribes around are either surrendering and panning for gold in the mining area, or they are expelled from this area. There should not be many tribes hiding in the depths of the river." Li Yizhu looked at the aborigines in the valley and beside the stream. There were hundreds of them. many.

With the discovery of the gold mining area, Cao Bianjiao and Zheng Zhihu led a small army to clean up the indigenous tribes in the gold mining area. Those who were unwilling to submit would be expelled from the river basin, and the tribes willing to submit would be sent to work in mining areas and agricultural areas. .At present, the Jinshan Town Colony is divided into four important areas: the town, the farm, the mining area, and the wharf.Indigenous people were mainly assigned to farms and mines that provided production.

Jinshan Town has already taken shape.

"I really can't do anything about you." Cao Bianjiao said helplessly.

After Li Yizhu, who was originally a scholar, adapted to the law of the jungle, he gradually became more courageous.

"Speaking of which, three years is almost here, maybe half a year later, there will be ships sailing here from the mainland. Slices of farmland have been reclaimed, gold veins have also been found, and the next step is that as the population expands over the years. The mission of our coming here has been fulfilled. That promise..." Li Yizhu looked at the increasingly prosperous mining area. They were able to build a small town, open up farms and mines in two years, and they could not do better. .

"When we return to our homeland, let's get married. Then I will take you to meet my parents and uncle. Speaking of which, I also miss my homeland and my former comrades-in-arms. After all, the homeland is where our foundation lies." Cao Bianjiao said.

"The next group of people should come, let's run this place better." Li Yizhu couldn't help but feel a little bit reluctant about the colony he personally participated in building.

(End of this chapter)